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when he came to the cia, he left for robin ben it. this was before all this. pentagon papers and he said to meism out of the cia. i have more experience. anyway, anything you want done, you call. it is significant. he offered before i thought of it. >> the president would refer to him as colson's cia guy. >> yep. i was the one that recommended him. >> this would be a tag for you, which would prove problematic later on. >> that's right. >> the discussion with liddy and hunt was february of 1972. this is when they were trying to get the intelligence plan. gemstone. which i am sure you didn't -- they deputy go into any detail. >> they said they would get counter intelligence operations at the committee, find out what's going to be done. at the convention, we'll prevent disruptions. all sounded legitimate to me. >> they didn't mention the democratic national committee? >> i never heard that. >> it and t, that case was a precursor to watergate. >> sure was. >> what was your role? >> i quarterbacked it. without any question. i was the guy in charge of whatever we di
when he came to the cia, he left for robin ben it. this was before all this. pentagon papers and he said to meism out of the cia. i have more experience. anyway, anything you want done, you call. it is significant. he offered before i thought of it. >> the president would refer to him as colson's cia guy. >> yep. i was the one that recommended him. >> this would be a tag for you, which would prove problematic later on. >> that's right. >> the discussion with liddy...
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about three times the size of the cia. in terms of person ale el, possibly about three times the size also. it's hard to say. somewhere 30, 40,000 people, something like that. but it is an extremely expensive agency because it has so much hardware and satellites and people all over the world. in the article, the wired magazine article, i show all of this new building that nsa has been going on in the last ten years. new listening posts in georgia, in texas, in colorado, in hawaii, putting new satellites up. putting new dishes and listening posts in england. so, it's -- their headquarters are spending another 2 to $3 billion on expanding its headquarters. then you've got the new super computer facilities down in tennessee, so it's an enormous building program and i agree with the caller that there's far too much military spending. it's -- eisenhower warned of the industrial complex, now it's intelligence security and military industrial complex that is gobbling up so much money when we could be spending for thingsp more use
about three times the size of the cia. in terms of person ale el, possibly about three times the size also. it's hard to say. somewhere 30, 40,000 people, something like that. but it is an extremely expensive agency because it has so much hardware and satellites and people all over the world. in the article, the wired magazine article, i show all of this new building that nsa has been going on in the last ten years. new listening posts in georgia, in texas, in colorado, in hawaii, putting new...
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when it failed to do so because the memo himself made clear the lengths to which the cia had gone to avoid violating the law, the attorney general announced that he was reopening investigations of cia personnel involved in interrogations, cases that had been closed after diligent investigations by career department of justice prosecutor who is had prepared detailed memos describing why they declined to proceed in each case. stunningly the attorney general testified he had not bothered to read the moment owes before reopening the cases. in november of 2009 the attorney general announced he was terminating the military commission trial of the sheik and others at guantanamo bay. he announced we will bring him to new york which will show the world we're dedicated to upholding the law and we're not afraid. apparently the military commission act was not among the laws that needed upholding at that time. when congress held acceded to t a press conference that was remarkable for his insistence that he was right all along but going along with ignorant legislators. the president of the islamic
when it failed to do so because the memo himself made clear the lengths to which the cia had gone to avoid violating the law, the attorney general announced that he was reopening investigations of cia personnel involved in interrogations, cases that had been closed after diligent investigations by career department of justice prosecutor who is had prepared detailed memos describing why they declined to proceed in each case. stunningly the attorney general testified he had not bothered to read...
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it was the president's highest priority for the cia. then he made one of the most courageous decisions i've seen the president make in my lifetime and i would argue in a long time. he authorized a very high-risk mission to capture or kill osama bin laden even though -- and i was one of six people who for four months or so were the only one who is knew about the possibility of his location -- even though at the end of the day there was no better, as you know, general, than a 50/50 chance bin laden was present in the compound. but despite that reservation, and i might add the rezer vagss of almost every one of his -- the only full-throated support for moving when we did was from leon panetta, the director of cia, myself included. president obama said afterwards when he made the decision, this was a very difficult decision. it entailed enormous risk to the guys i sent there, but ultimately i had so much confidence in the capacity of our guys to carry out the mission that i felt the risks were outweighed by the potential benefit to us of fi
it was the president's highest priority for the cia. then he made one of the most courageous decisions i've seen the president make in my lifetime and i would argue in a long time. he authorized a very high-risk mission to capture or kill osama bin laden even though -- and i was one of six people who for four months or so were the only one who is knew about the possibility of his location -- even though at the end of the day there was no better, as you know, general, than a 50/50 chance bin...
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about two years ago the current cia director was sitting about where you were sitting telling us that we did understand there's a difference between a civil war and what is a counterterrorism mass skoourt interest that the u.s. was trying to be support i have of in yemen. i don't know that a lot has changed in terms of u.s. staying out of the civil war versus the u.s. continuing to pursue a counterterrorism strategy in yemen. the story this morning about the drone strikes whether it's true or not, let's assume it's a story, and reading it that the cia is looking at changing the strategy and how they conduct drone strikes and where they go, causes me to question whether or not, you know, is the cia tail wagging the d.o.d. dog, or the state department dog on this issue? i'll put it out to you. we to have that answer. >> thank you. first of all, with regards to the story in the paper, i think those involved classified operations and i guess i would urge you to try to get, you know, what's behind that based on that kind of classified briefing. >> right. >> with regards to the larger issue
about two years ago the current cia director was sitting about where you were sitting telling us that we did understand there's a difference between a civil war and what is a counterterrorism mass skoourt interest that the u.s. was trying to be support i have of in yemen. i don't know that a lot has changed in terms of u.s. staying out of the civil war versus the u.s. continuing to pursue a counterterrorism strategy in yemen. the story this morning about the drone strikes whether it's true or...
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there were bills, there were hearings whether this should happen, when the cia was created. there was a bill before congress, they debated it. it was created in law. nsa was never created in law. it was created by a top secret memorandum signed by harry truman. congress wasn't allowed to know about it. even its name was supposed to be secret for years until it began leaking out. nsa was created in a secret method unlike any other agency. since then it has lived in this unique world where very few people are allowed to ask questions about it. the director hardly ever speaks in public before congress so the agency has little accountability. an act watered down the original law which was foreign intelligence surveillance act created in 1978. and that put this court, it was a secret court, a foreign intelligence surveillance court, between the nsa and the public. so if nsa wanted to eavesdrop on a citizen it had to go to the court. that's what the bush administration bypassed and broke the law by doing that. after that the law was watered down to -- water down the effectiveness
there were bills, there were hearings whether this should happen, when the cia was created. there was a bill before congress, they debated it. it was created in law. nsa was never created in law. it was created by a top secret memorandum signed by harry truman. congress wasn't allowed to know about it. even its name was supposed to be secret for years until it began leaking out. nsa was created in a secret method unlike any other agency. since then it has lived in this unique world where very...
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but much higher than even the cia which i thought was a big deal. the cia denies 0.7% denial rate the same year on that same issue. so why is the fec all of a sudden have more secrets than the cia when you're dealing with foia requests? >> i'm not familiar with those numbers and i haven't heard them before. would be happy to look at them together with you and try to understand the trends. certainly we recognize our obligations under foia and we have a team of professionals who handle foia requests and understand their obligations to comply and meet the obligations under law. >> again, the reason i was taken back is precisely because of the relationship i had with you, my staff has had and we have freedom of information. it seems that outside of me or us or congress and even with some members of congress it seems that there may be a difference. again, if you look at for example, those are denied for not reasonably described, if you look at again 16.4% for the fec, the cia, 0.7%. the nsa 0.5%. the homeland security, 0.2%, there seems to be a problem.
but much higher than even the cia which i thought was a big deal. the cia denies 0.7% denial rate the same year on that same issue. so why is the fec all of a sudden have more secrets than the cia when you're dealing with foia requests? >> i'm not familiar with those numbers and i haven't heard them before. would be happy to look at them together with you and try to understand the trends. certainly we recognize our obligations under foia and we have a team of professionals who handle foia...
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he was reopening investigations of cia personnel involved in interrogations. cases that have been closed after diligent investigations by career department of justice prosecutors were prepared to-stunningly the be attorney general deafed that he had not bothered the reread the memos before opening the cases. in november of 2009, the attorney general announced that he was terminating the military commission trial. a proceeding in which ksm has already announced that he intended to plead guilty and proceed to the sentencing stage so he could achieve martyrdom. we would bring him to new york to be tried in a civilian court which would show the world that we were p dead indicated to upholding the law and we were not afraid. apparently the military commission act was not among the laws that needed upholding at that time. kwhn congress forced his hand and with held funds for transferri transferring guantanamo to the united states. at a press conference that remarkable. the evidence from the holy land foundation case established that care is a hamas front. al aszar u
he was reopening investigations of cia personnel involved in interrogations. cases that have been closed after diligent investigations by career department of justice prosecutors were prepared to-stunningly the be attorney general deafed that he had not bothered the reread the memos before opening the cases. in november of 2009, the attorney general announced that he was terminating the military commission trial. a proceeding in which ksm has already announced that he intended to plead guilty...
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military forces and a very small number of cia people and a lot of assistance, supplies going to the northern alliance and some militias in the south were able to defeat the taliban government of afghanistan in a matter of weeks. they had a civil war. here is a country that is landlocked, poor, large i will literacy, drought, ten or 12 years of soviet occupation, every conceivable problem you can imagine, a civil war going on for years with the northern alliance trying to fight against the taliban and in a matter of weeks handful of special forces people supplies, and massive air power from the united states were able to achieve the defeat of the taliban and chasing the al qaeda out of the country. it was a country that was run by the taliban which was i think recognized by only three nations in the world as a legitimate government. they were using their soccer fields to cut off people's heads instead of play soccer. the women weren't allowed out on the street without a male member of their family. they weren't allowed to see doctors because they weren't allowed to go to school or be
military forces and a very small number of cia people and a lot of assistance, supplies going to the northern alliance and some militias in the south were able to defeat the taliban government of afghanistan in a matter of weeks. they had a civil war. here is a country that is landlocked, poor, large i will literacy, drought, ten or 12 years of soviet occupation, every conceivable problem you can imagine, a civil war going on for years with the northern alliance trying to fight against the...
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and where they go causes me to question whether or not -- is a cia tail wagging the d.o.d. or state department dog on this issue? i'll put it out to you. we need to have that answer, and you can't leave today until you answer that. >> thank you. i mean, first of all, with regards to the story in the paper, i think those involved classify it operations, and i guess i would urge you to try to get you know, what's behind that based on, on that kind of classified briefing. >> right. >> with regards to the larger issue. >> right. >> and i -- you know, i understand the implications of what you're asking. from d.o.d.'s perspective and i think it's frankly true for intelligence, our target there represents those terrorists or those al qaeda terrorists that involve a threat to this country. and there are very specific targets. this is not broad-based. we're not becoming part of any kind of civil war disputes in that country. we are very precise and very targeted and will remain pursuant to those kinds of operations. >> that's great from the d.o.d. perspective i guess clarity about t
and where they go causes me to question whether or not -- is a cia tail wagging the d.o.d. or state department dog on this issue? i'll put it out to you. we need to have that answer, and you can't leave today until you answer that. >> thank you. i mean, first of all, with regards to the story in the paper, i think those involved classify it operations, and i guess i would urge you to try to get you know, what's behind that based on, on that kind of classified briefing. >> right....
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if you look at again 16.4% for the fcc, the cia, 0.7%. there is a huge denial of freedom of information particularly under this category of not reasonably described that i don't think shows transparency and does not reflect the president's public call for transparency. because of the relationship i would like to spend some time with you all and look at what's going on there. i think there's a serious issue there. i'm sure there's a good explanation. but i don't understand what it would be. that's number one. another issue that i ran into -- budgetary issues. personnel, the requests are flat. >> correct. >> one of the things that struck me rather large was too small, and i apologize, i'm going to complain to my staff about that. particularly after 49.5 my ot t. it's salaries. the increase on the fcc of employees earning $150,000 or above. so even though the number of employees may be flat, those making $150,000 and above have increased rather dramatically. that's what this chart reflects. >> would you like to submit that for the record? >>
if you look at again 16.4% for the fcc, the cia, 0.7%. there is a huge denial of freedom of information particularly under this category of not reasonably described that i don't think shows transparency and does not reflect the president's public call for transparency. because of the relationship i would like to spend some time with you all and look at what's going on there. i think there's a serious issue there. i'm sure there's a good explanation. but i don't understand what it would be....
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look, i was director of the cia. the cia is made up of civilian workforce, and these are people who every day put their lives on the line in order to protect this country. it isn't to say that obviously savings can't be achieved here, but i think to just put it all on the backs of the civil servants in this country, i think, would be not a wise step. >> thank you, mr. secretary. let me ask you a question with respect to your audit workforce and despite efforts at the defense department over the years, the defense department remains the federal agency that has not now passed a clean audit. the department of homeland security finally cleared that hurdle. there is clearly room here for improving efficiency and in fact as part of your budget you recommend increasing the audit workforce in order to save taxpayer money and not allow those dollars to be wasted. in fact, you recommend a 10% increase in the audit workforce so that we can get a handle on these things. i am going to assume that a 10% cut in that workforce when
look, i was director of the cia. the cia is made up of civilian workforce, and these are people who every day put their lives on the line in order to protect this country. it isn't to say that obviously savings can't be achieved here, but i think to just put it all on the backs of the civil servants in this country, i think, would be not a wise step. >> thank you, mr. secretary. let me ask you a question with respect to your audit workforce and despite efforts at the defense department...
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and hunt and liddy were both cia people. and all during their operations, direct report to the head of the cia. now, what to make of that, i do not know, but this is something that was not publicized very much at the time. to put it mildly. >> what did it feel like for you to be the chief speechwriter all throughout the presidency, to be in the middle of this but not to be in the middle of watergate? >> i was glad not to be. i was not involved in that sort of stuff. none of the speech writers were. we were not operational and it was operational people that got caught up in it and unfairly for them. they were in damage control mode is what it was once it happened and trying to figure out how to get out of it and how to salvage the presidency and us, all of us, the stakes for the nation and the world were far greater in completing what he was trying to do in transforming the world and setting what we call a structure of peace for everybody in place than finding out what happened in one burglary. and so i think some people took
and hunt and liddy were both cia people. and all during their operations, direct report to the head of the cia. now, what to make of that, i do not know, but this is something that was not publicized very much at the time. to put it mildly. >> what did it feel like for you to be the chief speechwriter all throughout the presidency, to be in the middle of this but not to be in the middle of watergate? >> i was glad not to be. i was not involved in that sort of stuff. none of the...
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dod seemed to us in regard to access and declassification sometimes a tougher nut to crack even the cia. i am wondering whether that has changed or put another way, maybe more politely, whether the status of dod documents on the vietnam war today. that's off my chest and i can go ahead and talk about the book. let me affirm at the out set, it is admirably comprehensive, the coverage is wonderfully comprehensi comprehensive. lyndon johnson once adamantly insisted that vietnam was not his war. it was america's war. i think there is a lot of truth in that. but the war dominated his presidency and continues to shape his reputation. it should come as no surprise that more than half of a chapter in this book focus on vietnam. how we got there, what we did, why we fail and the consequences there of. and of course the subjects dealt with in other chapters and defense budget, for example. obviously our influenced and critical ways by vietnam. this said, i think it's essential when looking at these years to keep in mind that mcnamara and dod and the government had to deal with many other critical
dod seemed to us in regard to access and declassification sometimes a tougher nut to crack even the cia. i am wondering whether that has changed or put another way, maybe more politely, whether the status of dod documents on the vietnam war today. that's off my chest and i can go ahead and talk about the book. let me affirm at the out set, it is admirably comprehensive, the coverage is wonderfully comprehensi comprehensive. lyndon johnson once adamantly insisted that vietnam was not his war. it...
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and the judge said, come on, speak up and he said "i worked at the cia." and, you know, you tilt. something's up. >> i believe your words were "holy shit." >> yes, that's exactly right. and i remember coming back to the office and i think they -- this is a time at the post where they flooded the zone, as the "new york times" reporter said. i think we had eight people working on this story the first day. carl and i, unmarried, were the only ones to come in the next day sunday and work on the second story. >> okay. bob, what was watergate? >> oh, my god. let's let somebody else -- >> no, i was told to treat you like i'm taking two big dogs on a leash and let you drag me around. >> real quickly, i think the understanding of it now because there were so many tapes, there were so many investigations, when you glue it all together, you realize so many of the important activities in watergate occurred before the watergate burglary. there is a tape that shows in 1971 haldeman, nixon's chief of staff, told nixon that dwight chapin, who was nixon's pointmepoint me -- appointment secretary w
and the judge said, come on, speak up and he said "i worked at the cia." and, you know, you tilt. something's up. >> i believe your words were "holy shit." >> yes, that's exactly right. and i remember coming back to the office and i think they -- this is a time at the post where they flooded the zone, as the "new york times" reporter said. i think we had eight people working on this story the first day. carl and i, unmarried, were the only ones to come...
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cia has authority outside of the united states of america. the fbi has authority -- this is -- speaking about terrorism, for instance or threats to the nation -- fbi has authority within the country. the problem before 9/11 is there weren't stove piped. they weren't cooperating enough. in the same way nsa cybercommand, as you said, has the responsibility to protect america. it's a jewel. it's a national treasurer from attack along with many other, cyberattack, along with many other responsibilities that you have. dhs has a domestic responsibility, a preventive responsibility. and in that sense it's different unless expansive and fbi and the other case. the interesting thing that you've testified to, and i think senator mccain was, in hearing, is that you are building exactly the kind of cooperative relationship between nsa cybercommand, dhs, and the fbi that didn't exist before 9/11 and the fact is, senator mccain and i introduced an amendment to the national defense authorization act last december that codifies in law the working agreement b
cia has authority outside of the united states of america. the fbi has authority -- this is -- speaking about terrorism, for instance or threats to the nation -- fbi has authority within the country. the problem before 9/11 is there weren't stove piped. they weren't cooperating enough. in the same way nsa cybercommand, as you said, has the responsibility to protect america. it's a jewel. it's a national treasurer from attack along with many other, cyberattack, along with many other...
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get the irs on them, the cia, the fbi. you name it. >> order a firebombings of the it's really important that the notion that this was some kind of caper or that the coverup is worse than the crime, which is not the case i certainly believe, that this was an assault on democracy by the president of the united states and his men. and that the system then worked. the judiciary. judge siricca, the chief justice appointed by richard nixon, who would expect to get a pass from the chief justice. 577-0 vote by the snar of the united states vote to undertake the investigation. imagine today getting a $777-0 vote to investigate purported crimes or malfeasance of a sitting president, unanimous, both parties. the republican party being really the people who cast the most important votes for impeachment of of the president of the united states in the house jbt. republicans led by senator barry goldwater who marched down o to the white house and said to richard nixon, "you don't have the votes in the senate, you're going to be convicte
get the irs on them, the cia, the fbi. you name it. >> order a firebombings of the it's really important that the notion that this was some kind of caper or that the coverup is worse than the crime, which is not the case i certainly believe, that this was an assault on democracy by the president of the united states and his men. and that the system then worked. the judiciary. judge siricca, the chief justice appointed by richard nixon, who would expect to get a pass from the chief...
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through the years and the experience in cyber warfare, security of all kinds, and that would be defense, cia, fbi, and the defense intelligence agencies. as well as the national security agency. and so we're trying to work through what is the best approach for cyber security, and i think my position has been that we don't need a homeland security overlay so much as we need the agencies that have the experience and the expertise to be able to make these decisions on how is the best way to assure our networks and our infrastructure are secure. in a general way, how would you -- i don't want to put you on the spot, because -- i guess it's hard for you to say in this environment with all of the different ideas and the different agencies involved, but is there a particular area that you think is essential for us to agree on as we move forward in trying to determine how we get to the goal of securing out of infrastructure? >> let me start by indicating how i perceive the allocation of responsibilities in the cyber arena. on one hand, the protection of the infrastructure. protection of dotcom and n
through the years and the experience in cyber warfare, security of all kinds, and that would be defense, cia, fbi, and the defense intelligence agencies. as well as the national security agency. and so we're trying to work through what is the best approach for cyber security, and i think my position has been that we don't need a homeland security overlay so much as we need the agencies that have the experience and the expertise to be able to make these decisions on how is the best way to assure...
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now to people's electronics in their houses, dishwashers, their electronic components and that the cia feels it has a responsibility to monitor these things. nobody's saying stop. everybody is saying uh-oh, war on terrorism, we better let them do whatever they want to do. >> cape cod, massachusetts, clay, democratic caller. >> caller: thank you very much. mr. bamford i thoroughly enjoy your books. i have a question for you. in 2008, i had attended the conference where admiral gary spoke about the test fleet. as you all know, i think the test fleet is a reinvigoration from the fdr era of anti-submarine by american forces. i believe it was about 50 at the time. as i understand it the fleet is now going to incorporate 44,000 employees on top of i believe 13,000 employees for intelligence gathering specifically electronic eavesdropping. i'd like to know if you heard of this about this program and by the way, some of these directors, the present was a former nsa director. some of these programs what their budget is, and what they are tasked for. i would very much like to hear your comments
now to people's electronics in their houses, dishwashers, their electronic components and that the cia feels it has a responsibility to monitor these things. nobody's saying stop. everybody is saying uh-oh, war on terrorism, we better let them do whatever they want to do. >> cape cod, massachusetts, clay, democratic caller. >> caller: thank you very much. mr. bamford i thoroughly enjoy your books. i have a question for you. in 2008, i had attended the conference where admiral gary...
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i'll -- yield to general dempsey on this as well, but i, from my own experience as director of the cia and now secretary of defense, at least in the history that i've been in this town, i don't think there is a better relationship between the intelligence and the military operations, special operations forces, than there is today. i mean, they are -- they are truly working together. whether those operations are taking place in pakistan, afghanistan, in yemen, in somalia, in other parts of the world. they are a unified in the approach. they're working off of strong intelligence resources. that are being shared. the operations that are developed, whether done covert or worked out within the operation centers that developed in each of those areas, very close coordination. there isn't a target that is taken on that doesn't involve the participation of both the intelligence and military operations and they're doing it very effectively. i do think that, you know, we need to learn the lessons. i think you're right that we need to put in place probably the kind of lessons learned so that we ca
i'll -- yield to general dempsey on this as well, but i, from my own experience as director of the cia and now secretary of defense, at least in the history that i've been in this town, i don't think there is a better relationship between the intelligence and the military operations, special operations forces, than there is today. i mean, they are -- they are truly working together. whether those operations are taking place in pakistan, afghanistan, in yemen, in somalia, in other parts of the...
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here at home the defense department, the cia, the national security council, internationally the world bank, the imf, north atlantic treaty organization, the united nations, all of those happened in that period and they have been serving us in varying ways over the decades since. we reach the ininflection point the end of the cold air and the beginning of the information age and the 21st century some time back and have not stepped up to adjust those institutions to fit the 21st century. and we need to. they are not working well. they are rusty and nato made some changes, it's been enlarged. the defense department made changes with goldwater-nichols. you would build an air force base next to the naval air stations. two within 15 seconds of each other. mindless. just mindless. separate runways, separate hangars, controllers, separate security. it was the dumbest thing in the world. thanks to goldwater-nichols, much greater extent we're creating a joint force and achieving a leverage that is critically important. i think there ought to be a new hoover commission as there was i think in th
here at home the defense department, the cia, the national security council, internationally the world bank, the imf, north atlantic treaty organization, the united nations, all of those happened in that period and they have been serving us in varying ways over the decades since. we reach the ininflection point the end of the cold air and the beginning of the information age and the 21st century some time back and have not stepped up to adjust those institutions to fit the 21st century. and we...
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the cia did water board three people, but think of how that's all been conflated and what the general opinion in america is about water boarding and at guantanamo bay which is in my view one of the truly impressive prison systems in the world, and zahiri once said more than half of this battle is taking place in the battlefield of the media. we're in the media battle in a race for the hearts and minds of muslims. lawfare, briefly. what is it? what's happening is that increasingly, lawyers and prosecutors are skusing the concept of universal jurisdiction to file lawsuits against u.s. government officials and military personnel. they are putting american officials and intelligence officials at risk of legal action in an attempt to intimidate them and their families to alter the behavior of theirs and of our countries. it is in effect an attempt to criminalize policy criminalize policy differences. it's a trend that threatens to subordinate the american people, their elected leaders' actions as well as the u.s. military to foreign courts and rogue prosecutors. this is a sizable athlete a
the cia did water board three people, but think of how that's all been conflated and what the general opinion in america is about water boarding and at guantanamo bay which is in my view one of the truly impressive prison systems in the world, and zahiri once said more than half of this battle is taking place in the battlefield of the media. we're in the media battle in a race for the hearts and minds of muslims. lawfare, briefly. what is it? what's happening is that increasingly, lawyers and...
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cia director david petraeus and charles bolton talked about the need for prioritizing in a tight budget environment. the reserve officers association is an advocacy group that works on behalf of reserve and guard members and their families. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. that was a great good morning. you're in for a real treat to start off this national security symposium to play a patriotic interlude, i give you the united states marine band. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> how about the president's song? ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the presentation of the colors and remain standing for the national anthem. march on the colors. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> retire the colors. ♪ ♪ >> please remain standing for our invocation led by roa's national chaplain, major vince cummings. >> thank you, general. good morning. general petraeus, thank you for coming. would you all please join with me as we now go to our lord in prayer to open our opening session of the national security symposium. shall we pray. o, mighty god, we are here, and as we gather
cia director david petraeus and charles bolton talked about the need for prioritizing in a tight budget environment. the reserve officers association is an advocacy group that works on behalf of reserve and guard members and their families. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. that was a great good morning. you're in for a real treat to start off this national security symposium to play a patriotic interlude, i give you the united states marine band. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪...
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sherman and others, is there any new evidence since the last briefing we got by your department and the cia? >> and if there is, are we going to get a briefing on this? >> sir, we'd certainly be happy to entertain a request for another briefing from the intelligence committee. i think it's safe to say that there is always intelligence coming in and frankly i don't know what exactly was in the briefing that you got which was quite some time ago. this is a dlib bra tif process and we are working hard on it and we are not finished. but i do want to emphasize that as the secretary has said, given the ongoing efforts of the closure of the camp, the mek's main paramilitary base will be a factor regarding the mek status. >> last year in may when you were here you told me that the state department was going to, quote, make a decision within six months on whether to continue the designation or de-list them. we are a year later. how much longer is it going to be before you can make a decision? >> well, i certainly regret the fact that while my prediction on that was incorrect. i cannot give you a dat
sherman and others, is there any new evidence since the last briefing we got by your department and the cia? >> and if there is, are we going to get a briefing on this? >> sir, we'd certainly be happy to entertain a request for another briefing from the intelligence committee. i think it's safe to say that there is always intelligence coming in and frankly i don't know what exactly was in the briefing that you got which was quite some time ago. this is a dlib bra tif process and we...
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he turned to the cia, for example, for separate inputs into what the situation was, and increasingly he believed those. he tried to find other ways to limit the war, and to make it more successful. one notable example was the so-called mcnamara line, which was an attempt to set up sensors along what became known as the ho chi minh trail, to pinpoint where the north vietnamese infiltrators and materiel kas coming from, and he set up a position to do that. and in the end it didn't work. i've since speculated that with the capabilities that we now have, but did not then have, how much more capable -- how much better that would have worked. well, there are two problems, even now. one is that jungles aren't as easily penetratable as sensors as deserts are, and the other is that the big problem was not only the viet cong in the south and the infiltration and in the end invasion by the north vietnamese, it was the weakness and corruption of the south vietnamese government. as the vietnam war went on, mcnamara had less and less time for other matters. so the decisions were often passed down
he turned to the cia, for example, for separate inputs into what the situation was, and increasingly he believed those. he tried to find other ways to limit the war, and to make it more successful. one notable example was the so-called mcnamara line, which was an attempt to set up sensors along what became known as the ho chi minh trail, to pinpoint where the north vietnamese infiltrators and materiel kas coming from, and he set up a position to do that. and in the end it didn't work. i've...
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. >> i know last week the former general clapper and the collector of the cia and general petreus and the chairman of the joint chiefs all testified in front of other committees in the senate. it is the conclusion that they have not yet made the decision to produce a nuclear weapon. the explanation that came from those credible sources, patriots all, is that there is a continuing debate going on and it's complicated for anybody on the outside and some people on the inside to understand. there is a lot of power struggle going on. there are personality clashes. the supreme leader who is the head of the clerical presence institutionally within iran, the revolutionary guard and the quds force, the parliament, and the president. we just get a lot of static in intelligence reporting and analysis from not just our own sources, but international sources. to pursue peaceful, ci nuclear power. and there's no doubt that a lot of what has been discovered by the eia points in the direction of a nuclear weapons program and there is no doubt that they raise all kinds of suspicions by putting a lot o
. >> i know last week the former general clapper and the collector of the cia and general petreus and the chairman of the joint chiefs all testified in front of other committees in the senate. it is the conclusion that they have not yet made the decision to produce a nuclear weapon. the explanation that came from those credible sources, patriots all, is that there is a continuing debate going on and it's complicated for anybody on the outside and some people on the inside to understand....
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estimate of the afghan economy is approximately half the estimate used by the state department and by the cia. we don't know basically where our money goes. we know how much reappropriate. we have no formal measures of effectiveness as to what the programs are. please don't misunderstand. i think we have accomplished a great deal with roads, with water and individual aid projects. wove spent since there war began the highest domestic gdp over the same ten-year period. as that goes down, we risk a recession or depression of major proportions. and we do not have the most basic data on the afghan population, the afghan economy or exactly what we've been doing with aid money and exactly who it's going to. >> thank you. >> i'm going to focus my comments on the risks. the military piece of what we're doing is going better. the problem for me is that the military piece of it never has meshed with other elements is essential to us being capitalized on the gains the military is making. we have never had that right in afghanistan. and now with the clock ticking down to 2014, some of the essential barga
estimate of the afghan economy is approximately half the estimate used by the state department and by the cia. we don't know basically where our money goes. we know how much reappropriate. we have no formal measures of effectiveness as to what the programs are. please don't misunderstand. i think we have accomplished a great deal with roads, with water and individual aid projects. wove spent since there war began the highest domestic gdp over the same ten-year period. as that goes down, we risk...
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the department of defense and the cia are not perfect at man hunts. that's not what we do particularly. it is hard work and it is difficult but we are doing the same thing in egypt right now. the egyptians got mad. they kept some americans in and wouldn't give them visas to get out. one was the son of the secretary of transportation. people in the congress started saying, cut off military aid to egypt. my goodness, that's the only linkage we have got is that military to military relationship. we sure don't have it with the muslim brotherhood in the parliament. we have to be mature and not purists. i love to be a purist. i'm as easy to do that as anybody else. then, you have to say, wait a minute, what are the effects? what's really going to happen if i make myself feel good and say, by golly, i'm not going to tolerate that. we get worked up in the congress and we get worked up in the press. it does make us feel better if something wrong happens and we want to put our foot down and say, by golly, that's wrong. i'm not going to tolerate it anymore. then
the department of defense and the cia are not perfect at man hunts. that's not what we do particularly. it is hard work and it is difficult but we are doing the same thing in egypt right now. the egyptians got mad. they kept some americans in and wouldn't give them visas to get out. one was the son of the secretary of transportation. people in the congress started saying, cut off military aid to egypt. my goodness, that's the only linkage we have got is that military to military relationship....
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so i suggested they borrow one from the cia which can reach anywhere in the world. so now they have satellite radio. what are you hearing from the territories? which issues do they have that may be different than folks in the 50 states or continental states. and what is still missing to bring about equality under the umbrella of the fcc? >> i would say the issue we most hear is the same issue we hear from rural america which is ebb suring adequate broad band infrastructure and broad band adoption. so whether it's the universal service fund or orpolicyings and programs that we have, we certainly look at the territories, the issues the territories have to the extent there are unique issues of course, we take those into account. but many issues are similar and hopefully that will help facilitate issues across the board. >> i must say and you can comment on this also, if you think it's rough for rural areas, and this is not a political statement. in these days rural areas all of them have two senators and a couple of congressmen or at least one to call the fcc, the terr
so i suggested they borrow one from the cia which can reach anywhere in the world. so now they have satellite radio. what are you hearing from the territories? which issues do they have that may be different than folks in the 50 states or continental states. and what is still missing to bring about equality under the umbrella of the fcc? >> i would say the issue we most hear is the same issue we hear from rural america which is ebb suring adequate broad band infrastructure and broad band...
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just last year, i was shocked to learn about the activities of the new york police department and the cia, who were secretly spying on muslim americans. despite the lack of evidence of wrongdoing, officers were monitoring muslim american communities and eavesdropping on families, recording everything from where they pray to the restaurants they ate in. the nypd entered several states in the northeast to monitor student organizations in college campuses. these students had done nothing suspicious. the only thing they were guilty of was of practicing islam. this type of behavior by law enforcement is a regression to some of the darkest periods of our history where we mistrusted our own citizens and spied on their daily lives and it has no place in our modern society. when law enforcement uses racial profiling against a group it replaces trust with fear and hurts communication. the community and law enforcement, instead, need to be partners to prevent crimes and assure the safety of all americans. when the civil liberties of any group is violated we all suffer. in fact, over 60 years ago, du
just last year, i was shocked to learn about the activities of the new york police department and the cia, who were secretly spying on muslim americans. despite the lack of evidence of wrongdoing, officers were monitoring muslim american communities and eavesdropping on families, recording everything from where they pray to the restaurants they ate in. the nypd entered several states in the northeast to monitor student organizations in college campuses. these students had done nothing...
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one which had been invented earlier by colonel ed lands dell, the cia agent, was to recruit guitarists to go around singing american style folk songs at bonfires, the idea being that, if they sang american-style folk songs and roasted weenies and marshmallows, they would get converted to the american cause. when i expressed some skepticism about this project derbro accused me of being a defeatest. one of his big projects -- one of the big projects he unveiled was during the presidential elections of november 1960. as he envisioned this idea, the usia would post the results of the elections as they came in in the windows of its offices, which as you may recall, were under the rex hotel on the ground floor. so the election day came and they set up these charts, these kind of electronic charts in the windows, and the crowds formed to watch the returns come in state by state. and so they did. you would see maine, 12,625 votes nixon, 4,650 for kennedy and so forth. really the crowds were quite enthusiastic as they saw these returns coming in from pennsylvania, ohio, illinois and so forth. d
one which had been invented earlier by colonel ed lands dell, the cia agent, was to recruit guitarists to go around singing american style folk songs at bonfires, the idea being that, if they sang american-style folk songs and roasted weenies and marshmallows, they would get converted to the american cause. when i expressed some skepticism about this project derbro accused me of being a defeatest. one of his big projects -- one of the big projects he unveiled was during the presidential...
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i formerly worked with the cia and state department. i will focus on north korea's wmd program. the program was a test of an icbm surprised some experts and u.s. diplomats. however, this launch was consistent with past north korea behavior. although it seems counterproductive, north korea has done this before. parentally in the wrong headed belief that provocations strengthen its ability to pro-vail in future diplomatic talks. there's been a cycle of north korean agreements, provocations, cooling off periods and new agreements. pyongyang learned no matter how badly it acts, the united states will eventually come back to the negotiating table, usually with new concessions. it is possible last week's missile launch was to test american resolve. since the february 29 food deal was quite generous and placed limited restrictions on the north korea nuclear program, pyongyang intended to see how far it could push washington. north korea may have believed with the united states distracted by afghanistan and iran the u.s. would be reluctant to confront pyongyang over the missile launch.
i formerly worked with the cia and state department. i will focus on north korea's wmd program. the program was a test of an icbm surprised some experts and u.s. diplomats. however, this launch was consistent with past north korea behavior. although it seems counterproductive, north korea has done this before. parentally in the wrong headed belief that provocations strengthen its ability to pro-vail in future diplomatic talks. there's been a cycle of north korean agreements, provocations,...
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were in montana, you could go into our data base and find out there had been a contract given by the cia to somebody in anna con da, montana. so they have a different experience than somebody who came into the newspaper and read our article. so the experience is going to change as we can get access to deeper data bases. the experience each reader has is different. >> ken, how does a change in the new platform change the basic fundamental nature of content or does it? >> well, i mean, i remember a couple years ago, i was at the white house doing a piece on obama and the press. and i was stunned -- if you think about how the business of journalism, how journalists behave differently today, i mentioned covering and filing at 11:00 in the morning. but peter baker, for instance, who was a great white house reporter, used to be. how you guys let him get away, he went to "the new york times." >> before i got there. >> and peter baker was filing three or four times a day. a guy who likes to write longer form. and i watched the tv guys on the cable news guys. they were popping up every 25 minutes
were in montana, you could go into our data base and find out there had been a contract given by the cia to somebody in anna con da, montana. so they have a different experience than somebody who came into the newspaper and read our article. so the experience is going to change as we can get access to deeper data bases. the experience each reader has is different. >> ken, how does a change in the new platform change the basic fundamental nature of content or does it? >> well, i...
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marine sentenced to death for supposedly spying for the cia. on march 13th the u.s. deported back to iran an arms dealer who had been caught in a sting operation in the republic of georgia a few years earlier. in this country it was revealed that our treasury department has begun an investigation into the former governor of pennsylvania, ed rendel, and several others for taking money to promote an organization called the mu jadin hulk, on the state department's terrorism list that has been trying to get off the terrorism list for years and has been paying very, very well known former u.s. officials great sums of money to advocate getting off the terrorism list. they have not gotten off the list. they were supposed to be i think on march 26th deadline for the state department to rule that deadline is gone. i would predict that there will be no decision on this issue certainly before the nuclear talks and this is another signal to iran because the iran an government hates this organization. it is believed to be responsible for assassinating five iranian scientists over
marine sentenced to death for supposedly spying for the cia. on march 13th the u.s. deported back to iran an arms dealer who had been caught in a sting operation in the republic of georgia a few years earlier. in this country it was revealed that our treasury department has begun an investigation into the former governor of pennsylvania, ed rendel, and several others for taking money to promote an organization called the mu jadin hulk, on the state department's terrorism list that has been...
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when the leader was captured in 2009, he confessed to receiving cia support and iran's supreme leader has stated that the united states has given active support. i'm not saying this is necessarily the case. i haven't seen any evidence for it but this is the iranian perception. so we could argue that iran is to some extent supporting the taliban and afghan insurgents as a payback to those who are supporting the balucci insurgents. iran can also be using the connection to the taliban as a form of leverage against afghanistan and our colleague menti mentioned that afghanistan doesn't have respect in the region. iran does not view afghanistan as an equal player. it views as an inferior country, a country to be dominated, a country that can serve iran's interests. so i think when it comes to the issue of afghanistan and regional cooperation for iran it could be a zero sum gain. there are winners and losers. this is how it views the u.s. presence in the region but iran does have a number of issues with the afghan government as well. there are disputes over the hellemond river. the eiranian
when the leader was captured in 2009, he confessed to receiving cia support and iran's supreme leader has stated that the united states has given active support. i'm not saying this is necessarily the case. i haven't seen any evidence for it but this is the iranian perception. so we could argue that iran is to some extent supporting the taliban and afghan insurgents as a payback to those who are supporting the balucci insurgents. iran can also be using the connection to the taliban as a form of...
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owe this honor to the men and women in uniform with whom i was privileged to serve, along with the cia officers and diplomats who served shoulder to shoulder with our troopers all in helping to safeguard our nation and particularly, of course, over the course of the last decade. thanks to the exceptional skill and selfless valor of those who answer our country's call. active duty and reserve components, uniformed and civilian. we achieved hard-fought progress in iraq. we arrested and reversed the taliban's momentum in many areas of afghanistan. and we achieved successes in other fronts in the war against al qaeda and its affiliates. none of this was easy. we often used to say in fact that it is all hard all the time. but it was done. and it is again on behalf of those with whom i've been privileged to serve since 9/11 that i accept this award today. as i thought about my remarks today, i thought i might share some of the especially memorable moments in my career over the past decade in particular, in which i had the honor of soldiering alongside reserve officers and those they have led
owe this honor to the men and women in uniform with whom i was privileged to serve, along with the cia officers and diplomats who served shoulder to shoulder with our troopers all in helping to safeguard our nation and particularly, of course, over the course of the last decade. thanks to the exceptional skill and selfless valor of those who answer our country's call. active duty and reserve components, uniformed and civilian. we achieved hard-fought progress in iraq. we arrested and reversed...
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panetta, leon panetta, whether he was cia director at the time they got osama bin laden said he believed their ability to get bin laden had been influenced in part by a lot of the intelligence we collected through that means. before and that gradually led to the location of bin laden when president obama and the s.e.a.l.s took him out. >> let's go to zachary who is next, from tennessee. >> yeah, mr. vice president, thank you for joining us at the washington center today. my name's zachary. i'm from tennessee tech university. i just like to know what attribute do you have as an older professional that you wished you'd had, you know, whenever you were a younger professional in washington. >> well, i'd almost state it the other way. in terms of what -- now that i'm an older professional, thank you for -- >> experienced, how's that? >> experienced. no, one of the most valuable experiences that i learned over time that i did not have when i started is i thought when i started that the quality of my contribution was directly related to how many hours a day i put in at my desk. and the longest
panetta, leon panetta, whether he was cia director at the time they got osama bin laden said he believed their ability to get bin laden had been influenced in part by a lot of the intelligence we collected through that means. before and that gradually led to the location of bin laden when president obama and the s.e.a.l.s took him out. >> let's go to zachary who is next, from tennessee. >> yeah, mr. vice president, thank you for joining us at the washington center today. my name's...
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in addition to his extraordinary background as secretary of defense, cia, he served as chairman of this committee. we also want to warmly welcome the other two distinguished joining leon panetta, martin dempsey. in the 38 years since graduating from west point, he led troops in combat, served as a combatant commander and most recently as the chief of staff of the army. thank you for your service, general. welcome to the committee. we also welcome the department of defense's comptroller, robert hale who is no stranger as well to this committee from his years of service to the congressional budget office. again, welcome back, secretary hale. relative to last year's request, the president's budget calls for a $487 billion reduction in base defense spending over the next decade. this comes on top of already planned spending reduction for the global war on terrorism. the united states remains a nation at war, and our troops remain engaged in a fierce enemy overseas. it's difficult to square this reality with the president's steep reductions in both troop levels and funding levels. the timing
in addition to his extraordinary background as secretary of defense, cia, he served as chairman of this committee. we also want to warmly welcome the other two distinguished joining leon panetta, martin dempsey. in the 38 years since graduating from west point, he led troops in combat, served as a combatant commander and most recently as the chief of staff of the army. thank you for your service, general. welcome to the committee. we also welcome the department of defense's comptroller, robert...
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meanwhile, the president said -- this was howard hunt, how about your friend, cia guy, could we get him to go out there and find out what's going on? maybe plant some literature? i said call him. i went back to my office, called him, and said could you do anything, could you find out anything. i said probably too late. and hunt's response was i'm sure they got the place sealed off, i can't get inside unless you can get me inside. i said i'll call you if i need you. i never called back. told the president and we kept waiting all night or not all night, waiting for the next three hours for reports from mark felt, which came either directly to me in the president's office or to me in my office, and then i would call the president and talk. as it turned out, he was -- he had been stalking nixon as well. so there was no political gain or loss, except wallace being on the sidelines was a help to us. >> nixon was pan at that miemg in your office? >> his office in the ov. he was making gestures, trying to read his lips as i talk to mark felt. must have been five or six conversations like that.
meanwhile, the president said -- this was howard hunt, how about your friend, cia guy, could we get him to go out there and find out what's going on? maybe plant some literature? i said call him. i went back to my office, called him, and said could you do anything, could you find out anything. i said probably too late. and hunt's response was i'm sure they got the place sealed off, i can't get inside unless you can get me inside. i said i'll call you if i need you. i never called back. told the...